title: Protein-energy nutritional status of pediatric cancer patients.
abstract: Surveys of protein-energy nutritional status were conducted in pediatric cancer outpatients (28) and inpatients (71). In the outpatients, the approximate prevalences of severe (greater than 40%) deviations of weight, triceps skinfold, and arm muscle area below the medians for height-age were respectively 0, 14, and 0%. In the inpatients, these prevalences were respectively 1, 20, and 6%. The percentages of inpatients with abnormally low (less than 5th percentile) weight-for-height, triceps skinfold, and arm muscle area were 14, 14, and 20%, respectively. All inpatients with triceps skinfold or arm muscle area less than 60% of the median for height-age had corresponding percentile values of less than 15.
mesh_terms: D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000150:complications*; D009132:Muscles / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000378:metabolism; D012885:Skinfold Thickness
chemical_list: D012709:Serum Albumin